Ever feel strapped?

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Proverbs 3:9 Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. (NLT)

1. The World says we should

money

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.” (NLT)

2. The World says we should

money

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. (NLT)

Ecclesiastes 5:10 Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! (NLT)

How to create a

for biblical finances

1. Get on a

!

Luke 14:28-30 “But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation before running out of money, and then everyone would laugh at you. They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’” (NLT)

Luke 16:10-11 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?” (NLT)

“A budget tells your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” ~ John C. Maxwell

2. Get out of

—and stay

Reveal Answer

!

Proverbs 22:7 Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. (NLT)

3. Build

relationships

1 Corinthians 15:33 Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” (NLT)

You become like the people you hang around.

4. Save and

Proverbs 21:20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down. (NIV)

• Save for emergencies.
• Save to buy things with cash.
• Save and invest for the future.

Normal is

in our World.

5.

2 Corinthians 9:7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (NIV)

“You will never win with money until you learn how to give.”
~ Dave Ramsey

When you practice God’s ways of handling money, God makes a difference in your life. It’s not magic or some prosperity theology.
It works because it’s God’s plan.